Letter to the editor: State needs to live with existing gas tax

I read your editorial ("Like It Or Not, It's Time to Raise Iowa Fuel Tax," Feb. 27) and am wondering why you did not tell your readers how much tax we are already paying on gas? I believe the federal excise tax is 18.4 cents and the Iowa tax is over 22 cents.

That is over 40 cents per gallon.

I feel the state needs to do a better job of budgeting the taxes they already collect. This is very much like the federal government wanting more so they can spend more. We all must learn to live within our budgets.

-Dennis Langholdt, Boone

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Letter to the editor: State needs to live with existing gas tax

I read your editorial ('Like It Or Not, It's Time to Raise Iowa Fuel Tax,' Feb.